Daniel's epic landscapes inspired by his solo walking adventures in Snowdonia, the Pyrenees and the Blue Mountains in Australia. At first glance his paintings are almost photo-realist in a pared back almost monochrome palette. On closer inspection they reveal themselves as wonderfully painterly, verging on the abstract with their unusual, close cropped angles and perspectives. 

He first embarked on 'Cloud Watching' paintings these during lockdown - starved of the mountainous landscapes he looked up and found solace and inspiration in the sky and its ever changing landscape.

Solo exhibitions include; 

New Paintings Martin Tinney Gallery, 2018; Glaslyn AMP, 2017; New Paintings Oriel Tegfryn Gallery, 2016; New Paintings  Martin Tinney Gallery 2016; High Country Gothic Gippsland Art Gallery, Western Plains Cultural Centre, Bayside Arts & Cowwarr Artspace Australia, 2015

High Country Gothic Oriel Myrrdin & The Sidney Nolan Trust Wales, 2015; Turning Point  The Room Above, 2009; Resort  The Guardian Hay Festival, 2007; Lost Mountains The Sidney Nolan Trust, 2006; Lost Mountains Rebecca Hossack Gallery, 2005; Field Paintings  Globe Gallery. 2002; Keys to the West  Sunday Times Hay Festival, 1997

Selected Group Exhibitions Include;

Summer Exhibition Beaux Arts Bath, 2023; ING Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, 2020; Derwent Art Prize 2020; Border Country The Sidney Nolan Trust, 2019; Mindscapes Bo Lee Gallery, 2018; Imagine, Gippsland Art Gallery, 2019;

The National Eisteddfod of Wales, 2017

Competitions and Prizes;

Beep Wales International Painting Prize- WINNER Peoples’Choice Prize, 2016; Oriel Davies Open 2016: Painting -Newtown, WINNER Peoples’ Choice Prize, 2016; The Jerwood Drawing Prize- Jerwood Space, London, 2015; The National Eisteddfod of Wales: Vale of Glamorgan, 2012; Creekside Open- Selected by Phyllida Barlow, APT, London, 2011; Asylum Open – Asylum, London, 2011; The Salon Art Prize- Matt Roberts Arts, London, 2010

Collections

The Gippsland Art Gallery – Victoria, Australia.

Residencies

2019 - Elan Valley Trust – Rhayader, Powys, Wales.

2012 - Alpine National Park – Victoria, Australia – Wales Arts International.
Snowdonia National Park- North Wales. –  Arts Council of Wales.

2006 - The Sidney Nolan Trust – Powys, Wales.

1998 - La Rectoria Centro de Art Contemprani- Catalynya, Spain.

Publications

2017 - The Nolan 100.  Contributor . The Sidney Nolan Trust.

2013 - Daniel Crawshaw – High Country Gothic by Simon Gregg. Published by The Gippsland Art Gallery, Sale, Vic, Australia.

2007 - Resort – Daniel Crawshaw  The Hay Festival.

Catalogue Essay by Simon Grant 

Trained at Leicester Polythechnic & South Glamorgan Institute